HIST 3122: Poland - Study Abroad

Course Description

This is an interdisciplinary course led in major Polish cities. The trip begins in Kraków, and then continues to Warsaw, Łódź, and Gdańsk. While there, the class will explore various and often conflicting, aspects of Polish and Polish-Jewish history. Visits to these historical sites will be accompanied by appropriate primary and secondary source readings and documents. During the course of the trip, students are expected to actively participate in ten scheduled seminar meetings as well as numerous lectures and workshops with local historians. While on the trip, students will have the opportunity to experience Polish culture; traveling on local transportation, sleeping in local hostels and hotels and eating in local cafeterias and various eateries.